Monday, March 17, 2008

S&P 500 futures @ 1260.......

Futures are trading 2%+ lower........

Is today the day we discount BSC disaster which fed gave a hint in its Q&A to finance committee??

As fed is extremely aggressive & "ahead of the curve NOW"...there IS a good chance that selling climax will be here on wall street.......imho

Today...I think that we will know the support on S&P 500......

I still hope that close SHOULD be better than low of the day......

Markets ARE discounting even collapse of highly leveraged entity like BSC......rumour has it that BSC @ one time was leveraged 40 to 1.....Friday it was only 30 to 1.......

We should see the final leg of selling done today for all intensive purposes????

Shorts should do a major covering @ some point today...I think shorts are more NERVOUS today as even they think markets are as low as they can get????

I am NOT making any changes in my portfolio as I write this post...but..but..but..will keep a close eye on selling.......

Today...is another day where prices will be extremely attractive @ some point for short & long term traders........

This IS a typical bottoming action of a market which had lot to digest since august.....

Are you taking a note...that Gold is backing off from its overnight high of $32++?????

Again... profit taking is happening in gold also????

Sometimes the bottom/support is found with a blowup like BSC?????

BLOG does NOT give buy or sell.

Saleem

16 comments:

  1. DOUG

    Keep an eye on POT,DRYS,RIMM,AAPL.....they will recover fast !!!
    Please add: OII, GRP, CHL, WHQ and I love POT, moved over $6 bucks in lessa than an hour Friday --twice
    Hows that for action?

    SALEEM: thanks for the excellent postings on your blog--I do hope that we close at a high for the day
    Please!
    Good Luck

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  2. Good Morning,

    I'm always impressed with your optimism Saleem!

    Bloomberg says Goldman says to expect a full point cut tomorrow. Perhaps good for gold?

    Best to all.
    Beatrice

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  3. Hi MAX,
    Thanks for the thoughts. I own TKC and it looks to be getting sold off hard. I may add at some point. Same thing with ESLR. I just don't know how risky Im going to be at trying to pick a bottom. I think I would rather miss a little and see some recovery, before I dip my toes in. Yes, POT is attractive on any dips!!! Best of luck today.

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  4. Hi Beatrice,

    Thanks for your appreciative note.

    I have an advantage of being born a "taurus"

    This sign always looks @ glass half full....

    Taurus keeps me "unrattled" & look forward for the next "leg UP"...

    Trust me "there IS a next leg UP...it is a question of @ what time"

    Saleem

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  5. Hi Madmax,

    Well.....this day has "finally arrived...when technicians will be fully satisfied with RETEST"

    Then we will have a short covering/new money rally.....

    Sit tight !!!

    Saleem

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  6. Saleem,

    ...and I have the poor fortune of being born a scorpio.

    As I write this, I see Merrill just upgraded the oil drillers: SLB, HAL.... AND UBS downgraded GS (talk about the pot calling the tea kettle black)

    Cheers,
    B

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  7. Hello,

    I am a newbie at technical analysis and stumbled upon your blog. I appreciate your stocks to watch section as it gives me a chance to go back and tally analysis.

    Anyways, looks like your optimism has rubbed off on the markets.

    clarke

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  8. Hi Clarke,

    Thanks for visiting my BLOG & using the comment section.

    I provide lot of information for investor/traders to do their own due diligence.....

    Experience & tape reading comes out handy to interpret market behaviour.

    Good luck with your strategy !!!

    Saleem

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  9. HEY

    I see GREEN

    Happy St. Patricks day
    Hurray

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  10. Thanks Saleem,

    I am long csun. But down today 0.7$.
    There seems to be decent support around 6.8. The chart is beginning to look mildly bullish. Hoping the earnings can kick csun into the leg up.

    -Clarke

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  11. Saleem

    Is FED buying off big brokers to stop the selling? Seems that way.
    Heading to Tampa, will let you know if I find a recession down there.

    Standards

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  12. Saleem,

    I'm no longer in my "safe" stock thank goodness: FCSX.

    It's putting on quite a show right now. I would think management would say something if they didn't have some kind of exposure to account for this drop.

    Hsu had a strong buy on this company and it's earnings last quarter propelled it to $53 per share.

    Can't wait to hear what is causing this and if you should hear Saleem, please pass along the news.

    Thanks,
    B

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  13. Hi Beatrice,

    FCSX is in commodity risk management business????

    Not an area of comfort these days...

    It IS down sharply on very heavy volume..triple the average volume in 2 hours????

    Saleem

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  14. Saleem,

    Thanks for your comment re:FCSX. I just heard it's price action is related to what is happening to MF Global - a futures broker. It's down over 60%.

    I thought FCSX was just this nice long standing consultant to commodities players. Maybe the fear is they are losing clients!

    B

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  15. Ok - last post about brokers. I promise!

    IBKR is now tanking. I'm not getting what is going on with the broker dealers and why the panic.

    B

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  16. Hi Beatrice,

    There IS a realization that brokers business is being impacted by this bearish tape....thus the plunge.......

    Also traders are taking their money out to safer environment like ..Banks.

    Saleem

    Saleem

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